Vending-machine.



A. S. GARNELL.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1909.

Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

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A. S. CARNELL.

VENDING MACHINE.

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APPLICATION TILED MAR. 25, 1909.

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mimosa s. cAnNELL, or NEW YORK, NY.

VENDING-MACHINE.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

Application filed March 25. 1909. Serial No. 485,609,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMBROSE S. CARNELL,

of New York, in the county of New York, and in the StateofNew York, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement .in Vending-Machines, anddo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

More especially, my invention relatesto an improvementin newspapervending machines or vending machines adapted to dispense periodicalliterature, maps, pictures, prints, etc., and other articles.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich is very simple in construction and which is, nevertheless,positive i liability to ge out of order.

A further'object of my invention is to provide a vendingmachine which isso con structed that it can be filled with newspapers, periodicals,maps, pictures, prints,

etc., of any thickness, and having a wide range in size and shape as totheir other dimensions, without the necessity of adjustment orinterchangeable parts. i 3

A further object of my invention is to provide a vending machine soconstructed that the article to bedispensed is largely or My vendingmachine is, furthermore, adapted to be operated by the insertion of anyone of a variety of different coins, the mechanism being adjustable soas to receive and be operated by one or a number ef'coins previouslydetermined.

I have shown my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Flgure1 is a vertical cross-section of the machine; Fig. 2 is a verticalcross-section of the upper portion of the same, the section in thisfigure being taken'at rightangles to that in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is avertical cross-section of the entire machine partly ineleva- .tion,taken in the same plane as Fig. 2:

Fig. 4 is a horizontal cross-section taken through the top. of themachine; F ig. 5,is a similar section showing certain of the partsenlarged; Fig. 6 is a vertical cross-section showing certain of theparts enlarged, taken in the same plane as Fig. 1; Fig. Tis a verticalcross-section taken in'the same plane as-Fig. 3, and showing certain ofthe parts enlarged Fig, 8 is a horizontal cross 'secf tion of anothermodification of my invenoperation and free from any when in th tion;Fig. 9 is a similar section showing the parts enlarged; Fig. 10 is anelevation of one of the winding drums shown in Figs. 8 and 9; and Figs.11 and 12 are plan views of certain details enlarged.

In the modification shown in Figs. 1 to 7,.

1 is a box-like casing having a window 2 at the front thereof and a lid3 upon its top. The casing 1 is also provided at one of its lower edgeswith a discharge spout 4 for the newspapers. The spout 4 has a flange 5at its outer end to retaina paper discharged into the same untilremoved.

As best shown in Figs. 6 and 7 a shaft 6 projects through one side ofthe casing and carries a crank 7 for operating the same. The inner endof the shaft 6 is supported in journal bearings attached to a bracket; 9riveted to the interior of the casing 1. Keyed to the shaft 6 there is awheel 10 having a slot 11 therein. To the wheel is attached a bracket12, to be hereinafter referred to. Upon the periphery of the wheel 10there is situated a sprocket wheel 13 having two short diametricallyopposed slots 14, adapted to register with the slot 11. The sprocketwheel 13 carries a plurality of sprocket teeth 15 upon its periphery,and

also at one side of the sprocket teeth twodiametrically opposed notches16. A pawl 17 is pivoted to the casing 1, and designed to ride upon theportion of the wheel 13 carrying the notches 16. The pawl 17 has aweighted arm 18 attached thereto to normally Withdraw the pawl fromengagement with the is closed, a spring 19 carried by a pin 20,supported by a base 21 upon the lid 3, presses upon the upper side ofthe pawl 17 so as to bring the pawl into engagement with the notches 16.The side of the sprocket wheel 13' carries two diametrically engaged bya sliding bar 23 supported in guide-ways 24 upon the bracket 12. Theinnermost end of the slide bar 23 is provided with a right-angleproject-ion 25 which is designed to ride within a cam groove 26 locatedin a stationary cam bracket 27 secured to the bracket'9. A coin chute 28is ada ted to conduct coins into the grooves 11 an 14, eir uppermostpositions. The

chute 28is connected at its upper end with notches 16. When the lid 3-opposed pins 22, which are adapted to be ."a housing 29 suspended fromthe top of the casing 1 and carrying a pivoted coin guide n 30. The coinguide 30 isoperated by means of a link 31 and mechanism attachedthereto,

. to be hereinafter described. The coin guide 30 in one positionregisters with the upper end of the coin chute 28, and in anotherposition, with the top of a curved discharging 1 chute 32, leadingaround the wheels and 10 34, which registers with the slot 1n the wheel13 to a pocket 33, supported by and projecting outside of'the casing 1.i

The bracket 12 carries a longitudinal slot 10. The slot 14 is of such asize as to pre-' vent the passage of a five-cent piece therethrough.When, therefore, the machine is intended to be operated by five-centpieces, any smaller coin will pass entirely through I the slot 14 intothe slot 34, and thence into these circumstances will be stopped by thesaid screw in the position ordinarily occupied by a five-cent piece.

Should it be desired to operate the machine with two pennies, the middlescrew 36 is screwed up so as to close the slot 34, whereupon it isnecessary that two pennies be present in the machine before a coin willbe retained within the slot 14 of the wheel 13. Again, the machine maybe adjusted to operate by the presence of three pennies, by screwing uponly the adjustable screw 36, shown to the left of Fig. 7. Under thesecircumstances, it will be seen that the presence of three pennies arerequired in order to retain one of the pennies within the groove 14 ofthe wheel 13.

Two stops 36' are provided so as to, engage the crank 7 and prevent thesame from rotating more than 180 degrees. The wheel 10 is thus capableof only a half revolution. In the position shown in Fig. 7, the wheel 10and the wheel 13 are ready to receive a coin for operating the machine.

After a coin has been inserted so as to be retained in the grooves tooperate the machine, the crank'7 is turned a; half revolution. Thepresence of the coin locks the sprocket. wheel 13 to theshaft- 6. As aconsequence, upon the rotationot the crank 7,both the groove 11 and thegroove 14 ,are moved into a position directly beneath the shaft 6. Inthis position of the parts, the paper will have been discharged and thecoin will now roll downwardly out of the groove 14 into a chute 37,leading to a hopper 38 in the interior of the casing 1. I

A chute 39 having at its top a funnel 4t) and 11 and 14, inorderconnecting at its bottom with the hopper 38,

is also provided beneath the slot 34, so that in the lowermost positionof said slot, any

pennies present in" the slot will be discharged into the funnel 40 andthe hopper 38.-

A sprocket chain 41 connects the sprocket wheel 13 to another sprocketwheel 42 situated upon a shaft 43 carrying a table 44. The shaft 43carries an additional sprocket wheel 45 which is connected by means of achain 46 to a sprocket wheel 47 and a sleeve 48 upon a shaft 49. Thesleeve 48, which is carried loosely upon the shaft- 49, is provided atone end with a number of teeth 50, which are designed to engage with aseries of similar teeth 51 situated upon a sleeve 52 keyed to the shaft49. The sleeve 52 carries a housing 53 for a spring 54, designed tonormally press outwardly a pin 55, to cause the latter to engage with anumber of teeth 56 upon the inner periphery of a winding drum 57loosely'carried by the shaft 49. The sleeve 58 is keyed to the shaft atthe other side of the winding .drum 57, to prevent longitudinal movementof said drum. Another sleeve/59 and winding drum 60 is provided at theother end of the shaft 49 and constructed in the same manner as thesleeve 52 and drum 57. except for the omission of the clutch members.Each of the drums 57 and 60 has a slot 61 in its outer periphery toreceive the knotted end 62 of a string, tape, cord, wire or substitutestherefor, and hereafter referred to as string or cord 63, adapted to be.wound around each of the drums. The strings 63 lead from the drums 57and 60 to the table 44, around which they are wound. The remaining endsof the strings 63 are designed to be secured to the table 44 at one endthereof within slots 64.

The sleeve 48 carries a groove 65 for receiving the bifurcated end 66 ofa lever 67, pivoted at its center upon a bracket 68 attached to theinside ofthe casing 1. A spring 67 connects the lower end of the lever67 with the casing 1, so as to normally disengage the clutch. The otherend of the lever 67 has a beveled surface 69 designed to coiiperate witha beveled lug 70 situated upon the under side of the lid 3;"

The link 31, above referred to as attached to the coin guide 30, isconnectedat its other end to a bell-crank lever 71, pivoted at 72 to thecasing 1. The other end of the bellcrank lever has a spring 73 attachedthereto for normally inaintainingthe coin. guide 30 in a verticalposition. To the same end of the bell-crank leve'r there-is alsoattacheda link 74' leading to a levei -75 pivoted at 76 to the casing andprovided at its outer end with a slot-'1 6.- One of the strings 63 isdesigned to pass through the slots 76',

and the slot is made of such a width that it the of a knot orobstruction bearing bracket passage therethrough 7 7, situated uponwould prevent the the said string 63.

When the lid 3 is raised, the upper end 78 of the lever 79 pivoted at 80to the casing l, is released so as topermit a spring 81, attached tothe'inside of the casing, to bring a brake-shoe 82 into contact with theperiphery of each of the drums 57 and 60.

A table, consisting of a pair of, fixed rods 83, attached to the sidesof the casing 1 at top thereof, is provided to support a bundle ofnewspapers when the lid is opened for re-chargingthe machine.

In the modification shown in Figs. 8 to 12, a removabletable 84 isshown, the purpose being in this modification to permit the insertioninto the machine of a table previously charged with a supply ofnewspapers, so that the table can be provided with a supply ofnewspapers at a central plant, and the ta is thus charged conveyed tothe machine and inserted at once without delay. Int-his modification,the table 84 has attached at the middle of each side thereof, a. slidebracket 1 85 having flanges 86 at the top thereof. The

slide bracket .85 is adapted "to be received within a slide-wa shaft 88at each sidh of the machine. 7

As shown in Fig. 9, one of the stub shafts 88 is retained in place bymeans of a flange 89 located upon the outside of a journal. 90, whilethe other stub shaft 88 is retained in place in a journal bracket 91 bymeans of a screw 92, registering with a groove 93 in said stub shaft. Inorder to retain the slide members 85 in position in the stub shafts 88,each of the latter carries a pivoted block 94 having a spring ressed pin95 projecting through the top thereof and registering with a recess 96in the top of the slide bracket.

As shown in. Fig. 10, each of the drums 57 and carries a slot 97 upon anedge thereof, to receive the knotted end of the 'string. Each of thedrums is, furthermore, provided with a slot 98 extending entirelythrough the periphery of the drum and connecting with a recess 99 in thebody thereof.

In the operation of the device, assuming that the machine has beencharged with a plurality of newspapers or other periodicals, theposition of the table 44 will be such that the upper half of the frontpage of the newspaper carried by the table 44 will appear throughthewindow 2 at the front vof the machine. Upon the insertion of a pro-percoin into the coin guide 30, the same will direct the coin into therecesses 11 and 14, if the latter are. located at the upper .ends oftheir paths. In, case the recesses 11 and 14 are not in their-pro erpositions, the crank 7 can be rotated to t e left until it comes incontact with one-of the stops 36, so as to bring said recesses'intotheir properpositions.

moved. When the machine 87, situated ina stub.

discharge of another newspaper,

Upon this movement of the crank 7, the slide bar 23 comes in contactwith the stop 22 so as to rotate the shaft 6 and wheel 13 in unison.When the slots 11 and 14 are in this position, the machine cannot beoperated, of course, until the coin has been inserted, which will extendabove the slot 11 into the slot 14, so as to clam shaft 6. In case it isesigned to operate the machine with five-cent pieces, upon theinsert-ion of a five-cent piece, the latter projects into the slot 14 inthe wheel 13 so as to clamp the latter to the shaft 6. When now thecrank '7 is rotated to the right, the sprocket wheel 13 is turned withthe shaft 6, thus conveying rotary motion to the table 44 anddischarging a paper throu h the chute 4, where it is retained by theange 5 until reis thus set for operation with five-cent pieces, in caseany pennies should be inserted, the latter are conducted into the chute35, where they are discharged into the pocket 33 at the outside of themachine. Should it be desired to operate the machine wit-h a singlepenny, the set screw 36 nearest the end of the chute 28 is screwed up soas to close the slot 34. -When so closed, a penny will extend upwardinto the slot 14 and clamp the wheel 13 to the shaft 6 in the mannerabove described. In case it is desired to operate the machine with wepennies, the middle screw 36 is screwed up so as to close the slot 34 atthat point; and in case it is desired to operate the machine with threepennies, the adjust-able screw 36 shown at the left of Fig. -7 isscrewed up so as to close the slot at that point.

Upon the rotation of the crank 7, so as to operate the machine andeffect the discharge of the newspaper, when the crank 7 reaches the endof its path, the various coins are discharged into the hopper 38. y Incase the machine has been operated by a five-cent piece, the latter isdischarged into the hopper through the chute 37. The same. is true whenthe machine is operated with a single penny.

In case more than one penny has been used, the additional pennies aredischarged into the chute 39 and thus conveyed into the hopper 38. Whenit is desired to effect the it is to turn the crank to the left to causethe engagement of the p n 22 by the slide bar 23, so as to bring theslots 11 and 14 into their upper positions.

When a newspaper has been discharged into the chute 4, the table 44 isbrought into a position in which the newspa the opposite side of thetable is ma pear through the window 2, and. the table is again inposition to discharge the succeeding newspaper. .As the newspapers aredischarged from the table, the winding drums merely necessary e to apthewheel 13 to the r uponrise i the table.

are caused to take up the' slack in the strin s 63 so as to keep thestrings taut upon t e bundle of newspapers upon the table. It will benoted, however, that a varying quantity of string is released by theunwinding of the bundle of papers, according to the number of paperscarrie by Because of thepresence of the springpressed pin 55, however,meshing with the rack 56, and because of the proper proportioning of thesprocket wheels 45 and 47, the drums 57 and 60 are caused to take up allof the slack in the strings 63 when a maximum quantity of string isbeing released from the table 44, but the parts are so constructed,furthermore that upon a less quantity of string being released, thespring-pressed pin 55 is permitted to slide over the rack 56, so as tokeep the tension of the string 63 constant. When the last paper has beendelivered through the -chute 4, the knot 77 comes in contact with thelever 75, so as to cause, through the intervention of the various linksand levers, the withdrawal of the coin guide from its position above 57and 60 the chute 28 into a position in registry with and the varioussprocket chains.

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' of the paw the discharge chute 32. Should now, any

further coinsbe inserted, the latter are con' ducted through the chute32 around the operatingmechanism into the pocket 33 upon the outside ofthe machine.

In order to re-load the machine, the crank 7 is turned toward the rightuntil it contacts with one of the stops 36. In this position the camgroove 26 will have withdrawn the slide bar 23 beyond the path ofmovement of the pins 22. When now the lid 3 is raised, the spring 19will be removed from the top 1 17, and the weighted arm 18 will withdrawthe pawl from cooperation with the notches 16. The sprocket wheel 13 isnow free to rotate with the table 44 The raising of the lid 3 alsocauses the release of the beveled lug 70 from contact with the beveledsurface 69 of the lever 67. As a result,the spring 67' causes the clutchmembecome disengaged. Simultaneously the raising of the lid causesthesprings 81 to force the brake-shoes 82 drums 57 and 60. i The bundleof papers .to be' inserted into the machine is now the brakes 82 cause aconstant tension to be placed upon the rods 83, and one after anotherthe papers are placed upon op osite sides of the table 44, and the tablegra ually rotated until the entire bundle of papers has been inserted.During this operation placed upon the strings63. The lid is now closed,and as a consequence, the brakes 82 are withdrawn from contact with theperipheries of the drums 57 and 60, and the clutch members 50 and 51 arecaused to engage one another, Th e.c losing of the lid 3 also brings thespring 19 into contact with the pawl 17 so as to again force the latterinto cooperation with the notches 16 upon the wheel 13. The coin guide30 will also have been moved into registry with the chute 28 by therelease of the lever 75. The parts are now in position to operate asbefore described.

In the modification shown in Figs. 8 to 12, when it is desired to inserta bundle of papers, the table 84 will be wound up at a central plantwith a bundle of papers and the table and the attached papers will thenbe taken to the machine located at some public place. In order to insertthe table 84 with its attached newspapers into the machine, the oldtable is first removed by releasing the catches 94 therefrom, and thetable is withdrawn from the machine. In order to rapidly removethe'strings from the drums 57 and 60, it is merely necessary to insert aknife into the recess 99, and cut the entire bundle of strings. throughthe slots 98. The new table with its attached papers can now be insertedinto the machine without delay. When the lid is now closed, the machineis again in condition to be operated for the discharge of news papers.

While I have described my invention above in detail, I wish it to beunderstood that I am not necessarily limited thereby, but consider thatmy invention is a broad one and capable of many modifications andapplications to different structures without departing from the spiritthereof.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a rotaryshaft. means for preventing a complete rotation of the shaft, vendingdevices, means for conveying power from the shaft to the vendingdevices, means for coupling said last-mentioned means to the shaft, andmeans for permitting the free rotation of the power conveying means whenthe shaft is in a certain position.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of vendingdevices, a rotary power-conveying mechanism for 'operating the same, andmeans for permitting the rotation of the power-conveying mechanism ineitherdirection when the vending devices are being charged witharticles, whereby the movement of the vending devices is unrestrictedduring the charging thereof.

- 3. In a device ofthe character described, the combination of a casing,a lidtherefor, vending devices, a rotary power-conveying mechanism foroperating' t-he same, and means for permitting the rotation of thepower-conveying mechanism ineither direction' when the lid is raised,Ieby the movement of the vending device. is unrestricted during thecharging thereof. 4."In a device of the character described,

I the combination of a casingga lid therefor,

a drum therein for receivlng vending devices, and means .for permittingthe rotation of the power conveying means in'either direction when thelid is raised,

comprising a releasable pawl. In a device of the character. described, apivoted flat table, devices for retaining articles upon both sidesthereof, comprising a cord wound around the same, means for causingthedischarge of one or more articles, and devices for taking up the cordas released to keep the same taut, comprising a spring-pressed pin andratchet.

adevice of the character described, a pivoted table adapted to supportarticles, and means permitting the removabilit of said table forcharging purposes, comprising one or more pivoted blocks carryingspringpressed pins. I

7. In a device of the character described, a drum for receiving a cordhaving a slot in the same to permit the ready removability thereof bycutting.

In a device of the characterdescribed,

the combination of a casing, a lid therefor, for dispensing a ticlesalso operative connec ions from said means-for causing the cord to ,bewound upon the drum, and a brake adapted tobe thrown into opin I saidcasing,

.eration against the drum when the lid is raised. A

9. In a device of the characterdescribed,

causing the cord to be wound a cord, means for dispensing articles alsoin said casing,-

operative connections from, said means for upon the drum, including aclutch and means for causing the release of the clutch when the lid israised.

10; In a device of the character described, a thin support for sheets ofprinted matter, around said support to retain a cord wound said printedmatter thereon, said support and cord being adapted to retain theprinted,

matter in position in a completely filled rectangular solid.

e 11. In a device of the character described, a support adapted tosustain two parallel and oppositely-disposed piles of printed matter, acord Wound around said su port and passing from one of the lower unitsof one of the piles directly to one of the lower units of the otherpile, then directly over a succeeding unit of the first mentioned pile,then directly over asimilar unit of similar manner until both piles areretained in place.

In testimony have hereunto set my hand.

AMBROSE S. GARNELL. Witnesses:

A. N uwcoim, ARTHUR WRIGHT.

that I claim the foregoing I the other pile, and around the remalnmgunlts in a

